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Bitter Tea

Posted on November 17, 2022 by Art for Housewives

Hollywood, sunny and shallow, had welcomed us with its palms spread out like opened arms. Mona and I, thanks to one of her many suitors, were tinsel town tourists and on our way to the movie studios. We’d been invited … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Reconfiguration, Books | Tagged Barbara Stanwyck, cinema, drawing, Eleanor Perényi, Frank Capra, Grace Zaring Stone, graphic novel, Hollywood, Li Bai, prejudice, Robert Owen, The Bitter Tea of General Yen, women’s art | Leave a comment

My Ubiquitous Cat

Posted on February 18, 2022 by Art for Housewives

Posted in storytelling, Volver the cat | Tagged drawing | 2 Comments

Omphaloskepsis

Posted on November 29, 2020 by Art for Housewives

Orangels have bellybuttons. That’s why they’re called “navel”. For the Greeks, Delphi was the center of the universe. To make it easily identifiable, Zeus place a geodetic mark there– a stone known as an omphalos. “Omphalos” in Greek means “navel”. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Narratives, My Imaginary Diary | Tagged Delphi, drawing, meditation, navel gazing, Omphalos | 2 Comments

En plein air, Paris 1875

Posted on July 10, 2020 by Art for Housewives

Have you ever tried climbing the stairs of Montmartre wearing a long skirt? It’s so very stressful dragging meters and meters of fabric around wherever I go. For years I believed that skirts had no aesthetic merit as they impaired … Continue reading →